INTERVIEW WITH THE SONGWRITERS OF BATTLEFIELD

Here is an interview with Syd and JF about the songwriting of BATTLEFIELD | Voici une entrevue avec Syd et JF, les compositeurs de BATTLEFIELD

SYD :BATTLEFIELD is our first single. After the recording of this song, I knew that it was a good one! I really like the instrumental bridge in this song. It’s so cool to play it live. And the lyrics tell my story. In 2011 I didn’t feel good with myself, it was a dark period of my life but it was necessary to clean my evils inside. So my wife has waited for me and I have been the luckiest guy on earth! That’s why I’ve returned from the battlefield! We made our first video-clip with this song. It was great! It’s a concept filmed at night in the woods, it symbolizes my inside battles. We loved the experience of filming this video with STEREO FILMS, we had so much fun!

JF : I composed this song a couple of years ago for another project (Jelly Fiche). It sounds totally different now. I decided to rework the song. I put a catchy riff in the intro like The Black Keys and I fit in a kind of blues progression. I was inspired by Hendrix for the verses. Like the way he plays his chords in "A castle made of sand" or "Wait until tomorrow". Syd composed the melody like he usually does in my songs.

SYD : It’s not me...I think JF composed the melody of this song because I remember that I’ve congratulated him for the good melody he made! In fact, he sent me two versions, an instrumental and a singing version from himself... it was hilarious, but original kind of Bob Dylan singing, I liked it and I kept it!